'''Nation building''' is "the idea of invading and occupying a land afflicted by [[dictatorship]] or [[civil war]] and turning it into a [[democracy]]."<ref>James L. Payne [http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/article1.html The American Conservative] - October 24, 2005 </ref> | '''Nation building''' is "the idea of invading and occupying a land afflicted by [[dictatorship]] or [[civil war]] and turning it into a [[democracy]]."<ref>James L. Payne [http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/article1.html The American Conservative] - October 24, 2005 </ref> |